. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . l the Four she had guessed it was the Pumperkin—and that inits big yellow cup her wandering lover had drifted homeagain, in triumph and in glee. Of course, her nurse was very shocked to find a royalprincess with her head far out of the window; but PrincessClem never bothered to explain. She laughed and shelaughed all the while her many maids were dressing her—and indeed they had not seen her in so happy a mood formany a weary week. Put on my prettiest gown, she bade them. Dress mein my gown of pale blue silk—the one on which white liliesare
. The adventures of Peter Peterkin . l the Four she had guessed it was the Pumperkin—and that inits big yellow cup her wandering lover had drifted homeagain, in triumph and in glee. Of course, her nurse was very shocked to find a royalprincess with her head far out of the window; but PrincessClem never bothered to explain. She laughed and shelaughed all the while her many maids were dressing her—and indeed they had not seen her in so happy a mood formany a weary week. Put on my prettiest gown, she bade them. Dress mein my gown of pale blue silk—the one on which white liliesare embroidered, tall and shimmering. And run blue rib-bons through my golden braids—ribbons as blue as my eyes,and deck them with pearls as white as my teeth. At that the nurse looked shocked and horrified. Oh,hush, Royal Highness, whispered she. Have you forgot- IN THE CITY 123 ten no one must mention that last word In this domain?Teeth are never spoken of here—teeth is a banished word!And all because of that wicked villain. Ha, ha, broke in the princess gayly, lots of goodthings are banished from this land—and lots of goodheroes, too! But they always come sailing home again at 124 THE ADVENTURES OF PETERKIN the end of a heros task. . And as for that villain, hellsoon be one no longer, mark my words. And mark her words they did, although they did not un-derstand one of them. Yet, inasmuch as she was a PrincessRoyal, they dared not argue with her. After this came breakfast in the great gilded dining hall,in her chair at the side of the throne, where Princess Clemmust peel her fathers orange and break his egg and—oh,do everything a daughter ought to do, no matter whethershe be a kings or a beggars child. But this morning shedid it all with such a strangely happy smile—and all in sucha furious, giggling hurry. . Bless my soul, declared His Majesty, tilting one eye-brow up to meet his crown, it would almost seem as if mylittle daughter had found a sweetheart, eh? Her
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